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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 1976
Filed:
Feb. 24, 1975
Applicant:
Inventor:
William J McNally, Newton, IA (US);
Assignee:
The Maytag Company, Newton, IA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F / ; D06F / ; H01H / ; H01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
200 6162 ; 68 1 / ; 192136 ; 200 / ; 210146 ;
Abstract
A selectively operable latch mechanism for the access door of an apparatus having a rotatable member provides a positive latching of the access door when the rotatable member is operating. An associated unbalance-responsive mechanism will unlatch said access door when an unbalance condition has occurred and will stop the rotation of said rotatable member.